Team Leader

FCC Environment; Northampton; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible benefits

EAP & wellbeing services

Competitive salary

28 days annual leave

Pension scheme

Life insurance

On-the-job training

Job summary

FCC Environment is seeking a Team Leader for the Daventry site to oversee daily operations, supervise the site team and ensure health, safety and environmental standards are met. You will guide staff, train new hires, and maintain site presentation while delivering excellent customer service.

Based in Daventry, Northamptonshire, this full-time role requires experience in waste management, team leadership and a commitment to safety. Weekend work may be required.

Qualifications

• Experience in waste industry or similar sector.
• Experience in a customer-focused service delivery environment.
• Experience of managing a team.
• Excellent customer service and communication skills.
• Good organisational skills.
• Hardworking and trustworthy approach.
• Ability to work on your own initiative and as part of a team.
• Flexible attitude to support contract needs.

Responsibilities

• Lead the site team through daily operations and communicate instructions from management.
• Ensure waste streams are correctly segregated into appropriate containers.
• Assist the public with waste separation and provide recycling guidance.
• Ensure safe storage of hazardous waste per permit requirements.
• Keep the site clean, tidy and presentable.
• Promote high standards of health, safety and environmental compliance.
• Ensure accident, incident and near-miss reporting procedures are followed.
• Train new employees and agency staff on daily site duties.
• Keep track of site stock, including PPE and tools, and order items as required.
• Complete waste tickets, Waste Transfer Notes and Consignment Notes correctly.
• Complete all daily, weekly, monthly, six-monthly and annual checks on time.
• Ensure PPE and site requirements are followed by all staff, contractors and visitors.

Skills

Team leadership

Customer service

Communication

Waste management

Organisational skills

Health & safety

Initiative

Teamwork

Job description

Flexible benefits, including high street savings, cycle to work scheme and Gymflex membership, and many more (where applicable)

• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme and the Best Doctors Service via our Wellbeing Platform

What will you be doing?

• Leading the team through daily site operations and communicating instructions from the Management Team.
• Ensuring different waste streams are correctly segregated into the appropriate containers.
• Assisting members of the public with separating their waste and providing general advice about recycling.
• Ensuring waste, including hazardous waste, is stored safely and appropriately in accordance with permit requirements.
• Ensuring the site remains clean, tidy and presentable.
• Promoting and maintaining high standards of health, safety and environmental compliance across the site.
• Ensuring accident, incident and near-miss reporting procedures are understood and followed.
• Training new employees and agency staff on their daily site duties.
• Keeping track of site stock, including PPE and tools, and ordering items as required.
• Ensuring waste tickets, Waste Transfer Notes and Consignment Notes are completed correctly.
• Ensuring all required daily, weekly, monthly, six-monthly and annual checks are completed within the correct timeframes.
• Ensuring employees, contractors and visitors comply with the appropriate PPE and site requirements.

Experience of working within the waste industry or a similar sector.

• Experience within a customer-focused service delivery environment.
• Experience of managing a team.
• Knowledge of waste management and different waste streams.
• Excellent customer service and communication skills.
• Good organisational skills.
• A hardworking and trustworthy approach.
• The ability to work on your own initiative and as part of a team.
• A flexible attitude to support the needs of the contract.
• A commitment to promoting a positive health and safety culture.
• Willingness and ability to work weekends.
• Ability to work in adverse weather conditions.

We are FCC Environment, one of the nation's leading waste and resource management companies. Committed to sustainability, we strive to minimise the amount of waste that ends up in landfill by transforming it into valuable resources wherever possible.

We operate over 200 facilities in England, Scotland and Wales and employ around 4,500 people.

The profile of the UK's recycling and waste management industry has never been higher. We need people who are up for the challenge to help us tackle climate change. We need people with ideas. We need you. Together we will meet the UK's waste management and energy recovery needs.

FCC Environment is an equal opportunities employer. We value diversity and we are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment.

Hourly Wage - £13.71 per hour (plus benefits)

Hours - 32.5 hours per week

Location & Postcode - Daventry HWRC, Northamptonshire, NN11 4NS

As a Team Leader at FCC Environment, you will be responsible for the day-to-day running of the site, ensuring the health and safety of staff, contractors and visitors, minimising the impact on the environment and delivering excellent customer service. You will also lead the site team and help to maximise reuse and recycling.

This vacancy is for a full-time position.

Our promise to you

• Competitive salary
• 28 days' annual leave (full-time working)
• Pension scheme
• Life insurance
• On-the-job training and progression